Former UVA Cop Charged With Rape: Sean Michael Horn Faces Bond Hearing Today
Charlottesville, VA- Sean Michael Horn, 42, current Albemarle County reserve deputy and former police officer for the University of Virginia as well as the Albemarle Sheriffs Office was arrested last evening for rape. The arrest follows an extensive investigation conducted by the prosecutors office.
While there has been no specifics released, and it is the policy of www.blinkoncrime not to identify alleged victims of sexual crimes, we have learned that a complaint of rape against Horn was received in the Fall of 2011.
The arrest follows what can only be described as a series of chaotic incidents and events affecting Albemarle county law enforcement officers since 2009 at a minimum.
Following the death of 18 year old Greene County resident Colby Eppard on New Years Day 2010 by police gunfire, 7 Albemarle county officers were either suspended and/or demoted. Caleb Marden, a decorated sharp-shooter who served in Iraq was fired. Denise Lunsord, prosecutor for Albemarle county and North Garden resident, cleared all officers of any wrongdoing from the incident.
Eppard allegedly stole a neighboring Greene County patrol car and traveled almost 60 miles to Albemarle county. Although off duty Greene Sgt Randall Snead was out of his jurisdiction, Snead was among the officers in pursuit of Eppard and participated in the ambush to stop the teen. Snead’s former mentor and Sherriff, Willie Morris, committed suicide on January 28th.
Although he was on desk assignment pending the investigation of Eppard’s death, Snead responded to the scene of Morris’s home where he was located and rushed to the hospital. Morris was removed from life sustaining efforts without ever regaining consciousness. A suicide note blamed his tinnitus condition.
In a recent election, Steve Smith won the Sheriff slot running against Snead, and has since met with controversy after releasing nearly all of his staff. An email criticizing Smith was received by several news outlets from a previously fired Albemarle County Lt. Scott Cox, then a Greene county deputy who has since been released. Horn has Sheriff Smith listed as a friend on his facebook profile. Cox was among the Albemarle County Officers who was demoted after 18 years of service in the scandal.
Albemarle county is also the home of The Anchorage Farm, where murdered Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington was recovered after exhaustive searches of the areas surrounding the JPJ arena, UVA campus and private LE searches failed to locate her. Harrington disappeared from a Metallica concert at the John Paul Jones Arena on October 17, 2009 after being refused re-entry by security. DNA evidence has linked the Harrington case to a suspect in an unsolved rape in Fairfax, VA in 2005. Former lead detective now retired, Lt. Rader, has only indicated that forensic link means that Morgan came into contact with that individual prior to leaving Charlottesville.
Efforts to confirm whether Sean Horn was working the event as a UVA officer that evening have not been returned.
Corrine Geller, public information officer for the Virginia State Police, whose agency leads the probe into Morgan’s homicide responded to our inquiry as to whether or not Horn was a target of their continuing investigation this morning:
“The investigation remains ongoing at this time. I’m not able to comment on who our agents have or have not looked into during the course of their investigation.”
Horn lists Virginia Tech among his educational credentials on his facebook account, where Harrington was a junior at the time of her disappearance. It is not known if the two were acquainted.
Horn is being held in the Albemarle Regional jail pending his bond hearing today.
Check back to www.blinkoncrime.com for updates.
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Leelee says “Then again why was that person not concerned that the DNA present on that shirt could easily result in police being able to track him down?”
Possibly the killer or one of them KNEW there was no chance of the owner of the DNA ever being identified because he also KILLED him and disposed of his body in such a way that it would never be found…BUT did he think of the fact that crime tends to run in families, probably by learned behaviour, so very likely someone else in “sketch”‘s family has or will commit a crime and have his DNA on file, which will lead right back to the partners in crime. It is only a matter of time.
like i said ,the sketch clothing,id’d in the linked article ,have speaking to me.i could see sporty,but the sweater isnt athlete,kick boxer, baseball?i could see military=cargo,almost naval.but i started thinking low level institutional- school cafeteria worker.then i was waiting in a hospital emergency room,for four hours ,for a friend getting a cat scan ,waiting for some off white cargo pants to walk in.when i noticed 2 of the 5 lobby volunteers were wearing white cargo’s,with a hospital jacket.the lambs stared started screaming in my head. was it chilly? where was his jacket? i remembered a friend whose boyfriend was a hospital orderly in chicago, has was scandalous and she was trying to break up him, she confided that he was a drug addict and been fired from the hospital after being caught fondling a patient , he got another a job at another hospital and she couldnt believe he got hired , she told me alot of the orderly’s were thugs and convicts ,no one else wanted the job, and they were aware, they were all fondlers on the sly,some facilitate each others habit, lookouts. i started to fictionalize again, and worked myself into a belief that a fondling orderly ,could get a big itch outside the hospital,and i think the ambush method facilatates the ER drama in this person’s head ,i searched hospital orderly sexual assault http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Man-accused-of-being-rapist-who-posed-as-cop-1636230.php#loopbegin ,this is just one example, of exactly what i was thinking. no hospital orderly cases in charlottesville or fairfax popped up ,kept quiet on purpose?
Blink I agree with your belief that more than one person was involved in this crime. I have a few questions.I noted in a previous article that you thought one of the perps could have been educated at a military academy/ high school. Do you still have that opinion? You also stated that you believe at least one of the perps is white. Is there a specific reason you feel that way? I agree with you but I cannot explaining why as it is just a nagging hunch.
Imo, this is a sadistic rapist. There are exceptions to every “profile”- however, my training leads me to believe for the most part, the victim profile is fairly static( he is attacking attractive, younger women, he is a substance abuser, capable for the most part of being quite charming, but those closest to him see the cracks in the cement and he will have a history of voyeurism, difficulty achieving erection as his youth has fused violence and sexuality through his own abuse and this offender is predominantly white. A background in some sort of military training or reform is common due to early “acting out” and this helps to funnel their impulses for a while, and frankly, help hone their skills to fit in and elevate them from a disorganized offender to an organized one. They are highly adaptable and very difficult to catch.
This creep is interested in torture, and all the soul-less things that come with that, he is ritualistic and very, very calculated in his escalation process.
If Morgan was an “opportunity” that presented itself, he is local, or has a local resource who knows AF down cold. If he is local with those resources and single, I have great fear she was kept for a time, although I do not believe that specifically, I can’t rule it out if the aforementioned apply. I know many of you think this, and as I have mapped the AF property against the landscape of the images we posted a la the 7 mile
That said, the purse back at the JPJ tells me this was unplanned, was quick, and I tell myself this was absolutely no big success for him. My guess? She was not fearful enough, fought back, and never once begged for her life. Morgan was too “incapacitated” for this freak imo, and that should give us a modicum of peace.
He is above average intelligence, but has limited education and he is from a primarily single parent upbringing. Morgan was the mistake that will eventually make sense when he is caught.
BY that I mean how it will be learned there were 2 or more involved in some capacity.
B
if i were a county prosecutor, and a brutally beaten, raped and murdered young woman was found in my home town, there would be no stone unturned.
i’m still completely dumbfounded at just how opposite things seem to be in this case.
Blink, this link may have some relevance for your readers. Without knowing more, the new law doesn’t appear to be much of anything.
I hope the link/url works.
http://www.readthehook.com/103043/russells-victory-campus-crime-bill-becomes-law
caralot
Your question about feeding cows at AF. The main farming operation is growing hay. The cows appear to be black Angus usually raised for beef. The herd is very small based on what could be seen using Google Earth. These cows are probably more pets than anything else. The family may slaughter one or two a year for their own use.
There would be little requirement to feed the cows on a daily basis. The farm has plenty of hay that is rolled into big bales. One of those could feed eight to ten cows for about three weeks. It would require someone to move a bale from the fence line where they are stored, remove the plastic cover and break the bale into sections. A tractor would be required to move the bale.
deetee – i am in total agreement with you.
this case is clouded in local secrecy.
solution will be coming soon and i think we will all be very shocked.
John Doe’ found naked and murdered in 1974 ID’d after 37 years as Marine branded as deserter–
-synopsis- body found in 1974 in California, cops suspected he may be a member of the military because of his haircut & tattoos.
But when a man from Iowa went missing, they assumed he was a deserter!!!!
The family id’d him from photos!!!! NOT DNA!!!!!!!!!!!
Both of his parents died not knowing what happened to him.
http://us.foxnews.mobi/quickPage.html?page=26048&content=68632773&pageNum=-1
My thoughts:
I just don’t understand why everything must be so damn unorganized.
I understand that many of the people listed on the Doe Network remains are unidentifiable via photo but for those who are- why can’t we have link with all of their pictures?
Why is the Doe Network not a government sponsored site?
Wtf?
Are LE even required to submit info to it?
I know that LE is so overwhelmed but why can’t the stimulus money go towards hiring one or two people w/in each law enforcement office whose sole responsibility is to make sure that their websites & info etc regarding unidentified, missing people, that the DNA is uploaded to CODIS?
Their should be a network and every LE office should have someone whose sole responsibility is to keep public informed & seek info to solve crime. NOT A PUBLIC INFO OFFICER. They can work with the PR person but they need to be in charge of the background work.
Our country is so unorganized!!
The IRS is losing billions of dollars bc ppl are stealing ssn #’s & filing false tax returns. They end up having to pay TWICE so the real person can get their return. Are u kidding me?!
Sorry. End of rant.
Mike
Thanks for the link to the passage of the new law. After the powerful UVA people finished “watering down” the bills in the legislature last year, they have reduced the effect to almost nothing.
Both bills are so worthless that they may as well have passed a resolution instead. The state legislature should be ashamed of themselves.
I just hope the group working to improve the situation are not too disappointed and will continue their work.
alexandra
Your post of 03/18 @ 7:27 P.M.
I feel your frustration. No, IMO it has not always been like this. In my youth, children could play in their neighborhoods without fear of assault or abduction and young women could travel in most places with out fear of abduction or rape.
The advent of the “Warren” court between 1953 and 1969 is one of the principle reasons for the situation we find our society grappling with today.
Get a copy of judge Robert Bork’s book “Slouching Toward Gsmorrah” published in 1997 and read it. Be prepared to be shocked. IMO the judge covers in depth the reasons for where we are regarding the uglyness of present day society.
cosmo says:
March 20, 2012 at 2:58 pm
solution will be coming soon and i think we will all be very shocked.
from your lips to God’s ears.
Wow Blink!
Your reply to Leelee is so powerful and IMO right on the mark. The only part I have a question about is where did “sketch” enter the scene.
I still have questions about Morgan’s physical condition at the time of the abduction. I just think that she was really hurt from the fall in the arena and it made her unable to assess her situation of imminent danger.
It is my personal belief she may have been suffering from a concussion on top of whatever alcohol or substance she may or may not have had. As far as sketch is concerned, all I am positive of is that he was involved in some capacity, and his prior MO is consistent with what we know about Morgan’s case.
What I would like to see in this case:
1.a sweep of unsub rape kits where victims did not agree to press charges or file a report of an unknown attacker of the same MO.
2. a sweep on DNA from attacks where charges were reduced to a plea bargain and no longer qualified for submission to the database based on the nature of the final conviction or outcome.
3. a sweep of cases involving women who were under some sort of influence, removed from a location, and wound up in the emergency room after not remembering what occurred but were injured and possibly the victim of a sexual assault.
I don’t believe that has ever been done, but I am fairly certain that this offender(s) is not waiting 5 years in between attacks, and let’s say for the sake of this argument I am right about this offender(s) being a sadistic rapist (one could argue this is really a homicidal sociopath who uses rape as an actual weapon of torture).
If I am, and Morgan was fairly incapacitated, this type of a let down, which was possibly one of “opportunity” is going to mess with his sick head to the point he will need to “get it right”.
I am looking for the aforementioned scenarios in the surrounding areas (PA, DC, VA) for the timeframe anywhere from October through July 2010.
B
alexandra
The title of the Bork book is Slouching Towards Gamorrah. Fat fingered an s instead of the a.
Severely off topic and I apologize but Blink your Jets got Tebow!
I KNNNNNNOOOWWWWW! Yeehaw.
B
Dr. Pepper – Ya know what bothers me lately? What about the men who’s bodies are found in Virginia, some who are now being investigated as homicides. Are those men entered in to CODIS or is that just overlooked, and if it’s just overlooked then how the hell can anyone find DNA from sketch? You are correct, too much disorganization and in this day and age that doesn’t need to be the case.
Hi Blink!
Thanks for posting your profile of the suspect.
When I was reading it, I immediately thought of Ted Bundy. “Attractive, younger women, substance abuser, capable for the most part of being quite charming, but those closest to him see the cracks in the cement and he will have a history of voyeurism, difficulty achieving erection as his youth has fused violence and sexuality through his own abuse and this offender is predominantly white, highly adaptable and very difficult to catch, interested in torture, calculated in his escalation process, above average intelligence but limited education, primarily single parent upbringing.”
All except the military or L.E background fit. Oh how I long for this disgusting vile animal to be caught. I can’t even bare to think of a person like this keeping Morgan for any length of time. I pray it’s not the case, but since the shirt was in reportedly good condition, I don’t think he went back to A.F to retrieve the shirt, which would mean he had a place to keep the shirt safe from someone else seeing it, like a wife of g/f. OR he is single like you said.
I was wondering if you have the landscape images posted anywhere? I’m assuming they are time lapse images? Brilliant!
bundy is an example of a sadistic rapist of the serial variety, yes.
Not sure which pics you are referring to-
B
Isn’t it more likely that the shirt was discarded before, during or shortly after the attack, then picked up by someone completely uninvolved with the crime who thought it was a cool shirt and kept it and likely cleaned it. Someone who belatedly realized its importance in a murder case and panicking got rid of it rather than go to the police with it.
Yes
B
re the shirt…..what if the shirt was not connected with the murder.
I cannot remember if we have been told where the DNA was obtained from, ie the shirt or Morgan’s body, or both, or nearby. (I do not think so) What if the BBP were “teasing” for lack of a more suitable word which would be harrassing, and throwing Morgan’s shirt back and forth, and “interacting” with her is some such way,and one kept her shirt as a souveneir, then when all hell broke loose, decided to “help” by placing the shirt….actually, that would not help, but mayby just wanted be rid of it, and could not throw it away, because of some sort of basic decency. but what good would the shirt be in solving the crime, except that it would be accounted for. My thought go round and round and do not land anywhere. IF the shirt was placed by the rapist himself, then he is indeed sure, very sure that he will not be caught because he is protected in some way. What kind of a person would be so entitled to the privilege of not being identified or caught? Ok, one would be a diplomat, another an info specialist, another some other special ops, another the people investigating the crime. OR could be a visitor from another country who knew he would only be returnign never again, but was in town 5 years ago. Check all the airports for people looking like sketch who returned home end of October, and most specifically October 18,19,20. If sketch friend knew he had hopped on de plane, then he could safely divert attention from body location which would ID himslef to the absent/never to be seen again sketch who is living it up in Africa.
http://www.statesman.com/news/local/affidavit-man-who-impersonated-police-officer-was-employed-2250655.html?cxtype=ynews_rss
relevance?
B
B says
“It is my personal belief she may have been suffering from a concussion on top of whatever alcohol or substance she may or may not have had. As far as sketch is concerned, all I am positive of is that he was involved in some capacity, and his prior MO is consistent with what we know about Morgan’s case.
What I would like to see in this case:
1.a sweep of unsub rape kits where victims did not agree to press charges or file a report of an unknown attacker of the same MO.
2. a sweep on DNA from attacks where charges were reduced to a plea bargain and no longer qualified for submission to the database based on the nature of the final conviction or outcome.
3. a sweep of cases involving women who were under some sort of influence, removed from a location, and wound up in the emergency room after not remembering what occurred but were injured and possibly the victim of a sexual assault.
I don’t believe that has ever been done, but I am fairly certain that this offender(s) is not waiting 5 years in between attacks, and let’s say for the sake of this argument I am right about this offender(s) being a sadistic rapist (one could argue this is really a homicidal sociopath who uses rape as an actual weapon of torture).
If I am, and Morgan was fairly incapacitated, this type of a let down, which was possibly one of “opportunity” is going to mess with his sick head to the point he will need to “get it right”.
I am looking for the aforementioned scenarios in the surrounding areas (PA, DC, VA) for the timeframe anywhere from October through July 2010.
B”
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Omg- this is EXACTLY what I’ve been wanting to you to share your opinion on for the past two years but have not been able to communicate/ask it right.
This is definately part of the answer of WHAT DNA HAS NOT BEEN TESTED, WHAT DNA IS NOR IN CODIS?
* have you written LE and expressed your desire for this to take place?
If it has not (I know they won’t tell us) then I will be irate!!!!!!
Man, I hope they still monitor this site.
***what poster on here contacted Rader directly by email & received a personal reply from him?? Anyone remember?
Pep- I do not discuss my interaction with LE on any open cases as I am sure you understand, however, let’s say hypothetically- had I run across a similar scenario I felt could be connected in a case, I would absolutely present it to LE for consideration.
B
Mom 3.0
Where are you?!!!
I would add Maryland, Eastern Tennessee and North Carolina to the sweeps investigation. With out good highway system, three hundred miles can be covered in a little more than six hours.
I would also take the time back to June of 2009. This guy is probably not going to be able to control himself longer than three months before attacking someone else.
Unfortunately, too many times young women are so tramatized by such an attack that they do not report the crime. Until we have provided a safe haven and get LE off the idea that women are the creators of the cause of the assault and rape, many are not going to be reported.
If VSP had used the power of the media to advertise the fact that they were looking for women that been assaulted in the previous year and had not reported the crime, they may have found something.
I recently read a story in my NRA magazine of a young woman who was attacked in the parking garage by the guy that abducted and killed Brianna Dennison. She had a Nevada Concealed Carry Permit, but the University had declared the campus a “Gun Free Zone” and she did not have her weapon. The perp had his of course. This took place less than 100 yards from the campus police station.
She was so tramatized that she went home, took a long shower washing away all evidence and told no one of the attack for several weeks. Finally after Brianna was killed, she told her parents and a girl friend. It was her description and the sketch she helped make that got the guy identified and caught.
The sad thing is that even though the campus was thought to be a gun free zone, there were exceptions for persons with concealed carry permits. The exceptions were essentially kept a secret. It was not until the young woman’s father made some noise on the campus that is was discovered that she could have applied for a special permit.
This assault and rape need not have happened if the women were taught how to safely go to their vehicles in a parking garage. I plan to cover this in my safety manual.
This is such an important story I cannot tell you. I am a proponent of a person’s right to defend themselves with the proper and ongoing training requirements as a caveat of course.
Yes, as I stated very early, I do not agree with the PR policy and/or non-strategy in Morgan’s case, and to be fair, is very common for the VSP as well as other State Police Agencies.
I am a staunch supporter of a dedicated mp task force, to be trained to view certain mp cases as possible homicides from the onset, to have immediate jurisdiction in such cases.
One thing I want to underscore when we visit “safety” issues as they relate to teaching women about how to enter a parking garage, or any other sort of “high risk” environment-
The number one deterrent to an assault of this type is to utilize the buddy system without fail.
Eliminating an opportunity for an offender is the only way I know of to eliminate the offense.
Brianna Dennison would likely be alive today had all the doors to the home been locked- a very simple and potentially life saving necessity.
That said, and to your point- had the woman attacked in the parking garage come forward and reported the incident- she also may have saved Brianna’s life.
It is one of the reasons I am so proud of the Harrington’s Save The Next Girl campaign- it is directed to women at risk, and women who may have already been a victim- empowering them to do the right thing.
What remains astounding to me is the irony that one of Brianna’s friends left a club with a total stranger and essentially “hitchhiked” home by herself without incident.
We have got to do better at identifying and discussing high risk behavior with our children, imo.
B
Hmm, Fairfax County:
http://www.wusa9.com/news/article/197783/188/Video-Photos-Released-Of-Possible-Suspect-In-Student-Assault
Not our guy, but very frightening and serious none the less.
B
Look at this prison guard, John B Bland, Jr who was arrested for rape at the Fluvanna Women’s Correctional Prison in Troy Va, then take a look at Sketch.
John Bernard Bland Jr., 40, was arrested Feb. 28 and charged with three counts of carnal knowledge of a prisoner while he was a guard at Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women, Virginia’s largest women’s prison. Bland is scheduled to appear in Fluvanna County Circuit Court on Friday to inform the judge whether he will hire an attorney or needs one appointed to represent him.
Bland started working for the prison system in 1995 at Deep Meadow Correction Center in Powhatan County. He transferred to Fluvanna in 1999, a little more than a year after the prison opened. He was promoted to sergeant in 2003 and then to a lieutenant in 2008. He worked there until Nov. 29, 2011
http://sexoffenderissues.blogspot.com/2012/03/va-virginia-prison-guard-john-bernard.html
This is a larger picture of John Benard Bland Jr. I hope the url works.
http://tinyurl.com/6lo8eyx
There were several young women who left class and walked together to the parking garage. They all seperated when they reached the unguarded garage. This was the mistake.
Proper proceedure would have been for all to have agreed on a plan to stay together.
They all should have walked to the vehicle parked at the lowest level and gotten in it. The driver should have then driven to the highest level where a vehicle was located belonging to one of the group. The driver should have waited until that person was safe inside the her vehicle, it was started successfully and proceed in a convoy down the parking garage, repeating the proceedure each time until all were safe.
In my opinion, the buddie system for women is essential for safety. Two are the bare minimum. Three or four are better when walking in a campus or near campus environment.
At one time, our society was so safe that people could leave their windows and doors unlocked, particularly in small towns. Today, that is not possible. Locks offer some protection, but if they are not used there is no protection. All it takes in a school or apartment environment is to have one careless person who does not take care of themselves and thereby expose others to risk.
We as a society have to make young women understand that if they are attacked, they need to immediately report the crime to LE. By not doing so, they leave the attacker free to prey on others.
Alexandra and Dr. pepper-
I am here I am always here- as Blink no doubt knows, by the number of times I hit refresh during the day.
I have been reading and lurking- just thinking.
I am in awe of everyones tenacity to keep on keeping on-
I am in shock at how much Blink as shared in the past days.
I know we are all like Pavlov’s dogs when we see her bold print… her responses have kept us all going more than once- each of us hoping some small shared detail will spark renewed hope.
I have not lost hope. I still believe this case is solvable. One long ago response of Blinks keeps me up at night…it was her thoughts IRT this case being resolved but perhaps not prosecutable…and I think I have come to the realization that if The Harringtons could know the truth, even if the “case” can not move forward…that would be okay- as I have no doubt that these perpetrators will be caught and justice will be served- perhaps not in Morgans name, but perhaps in the Fairfax victims name – I hope it wont be in the “next girls” name- the Harringtons and Blink and you all are doing what you can to prevent that- and we have to learn to see that as a victory for Morgan too.
Keep on Keeping on guys- for Morgan, for the next girl, for the family and the community- for us all
AJMO
Peace
I can say that the Harrington’s are far more interested in preventing this from happening to another woman than they are in a prosecution. They have faith that whatever happens in this life, Morgan’s killer will be dealt with in their final hour.
So again Mom 3.0, you are spot on.
B
Since John Bland the prison guard, was arrested for having sex with a prisoner,in Troy, Virginia, will they take his DNA sample?
I’m hoping so Alexandra, but the next question would be, will LE even run it against the DNA they have from the Fairfax rape victim? Some think that Mr Blands case could be considered consensual sex, and that’s ok, except for the fact that if he does that on the job, what does he do in other places? I’ve spent the day looking for more info on him such as a possible connection to Fairfax, or where his family is, where he grew up, etc. I’ve so far located nothing. There is another correctional institution and it’s in Fairfax, but from all that I’ve read, his only ties were to near Charlottesville. Hopefully someone other than me will be able to research and find out.
I admire your tenacity as always Q, but this is not the guy, not even in the zipcode of the profile of a sadistic rapist. That said, he is, imo, a sexual deviant of some kind- I personally do not believe an incarcerated person can be said to give consent to a guard.
B
Blink & Co., here’s an interesting story. I wonder whether it might be fruitful to mine the data from so called minor sex crimes, both in C’ville area and Nova to attempt to link sketch. It stands to reason that a person who would commit a major sex crime (I am assuming that Morgan was sexually assaulted) would have come to the attention of the authorities at some time for “minor” sex offenses such as being a peeping tom. Here, this peeping tom went a bit over and above the typical peeping tom in his acts. Whoever he is, eventually he may have “graduated” to more serious sex crimes had he not been caught along with his cache of womens’ underwear.
Can anybody suggest a research tool to try and scour the dockets and police blotters for so called minor sex crime perps to create a data base? I guess these minor crimes do not presently call for giving the authorities a dna sample. BTW, I did see a brief story about a proposed law in NJ to require dna sampling for minor sex crimes – don’t have the link presently.
Here is the link to mr. peepers. I hope it works
http://www.newsplex.com/home/headlinesPeeping_Tom_Convicted_for_Peeping_Female_UVa_Students_143891326.html
Bland will have had his dna taken upon arrest. He was not arrested for rape as Q stated but for having carnal knowledge of a prisoner, which is different. There is no indication it was not consensual — though it would be illegal regardless. However, sex with a prisoner is one they take dna for upon arrest, not conviction. If he is not found guilty or if the case is dropped, his dna sample should be removed from the database. Under Virginia procedure, the sample they obtained in morgan’s case will be routinely run through the Virginia dna databank as it is updated with new profiles.
Couple of links for the interested:
http://www.scb.state.va.us/dna/qualified.htm
http://www.dfs.virginia.gov/services/forensicBiology/faq.cfm#19
By the way, for anyone interested, the familial dna searching they did would only look for hits in the Virginia database, not the national database.
http://www.newsplex.com/home/headlines/State_Police_Launch_Investigation_into_Greene_Sheriff_Office_143897006.html
If this holds any water, this office had serious trustworthiness issues that probably aren’t limited to just financial malfeasance.
@ Cville native
That does not surprise me in the least. In fact, it is overdue.
thank you CenVA Native Away!
here’s hoping this will gather momentum and shed some light on some secrets the public should know about, and that in some way, it might help Morgan’s case.
time for some folks to come clean.
All we know is that the body of Morgan was found on a farm with numerous broken bones. We DO NOT know if the bones were broken before her demise or not. We DO NOT know what the toxicology report shows. We DO NOT know what the autopsy shows.
Given the flexibility of the bones in a 20 year-old, especially the ribs, I think Morgan would have succumbed from impact organ damage prior to all the bones being broken. That is one of the reasons I think her injuries may have incurred after she passed away.
@George
Respectfully there is absolutely no medical or anthropological basis for that statement whatsoever.
Thank you redly. I hope so.
When I heard that Morgan’s ribs were broken, it crossed my mind that it may be possible to do that while administering CPR.
“@George
Respectfully there is absolutely no medical or anthropological basis for that statement whatsoever.”
Well, my 22 plus years investigating fatal small airplane accidents says there is massive medical basis for that conclusion.
What in the world does anthropology have to do with anything?
If Morgan was in a plane accident, your background would be very relevant, and again, I am not disrespecting you personally, but I am pretty sure it would be impossible for you to render a conclusion in your investigation without having seen the decedant, correct? And again, as you are not a medicolegal investigator, I am not seeing the correlation whatsoever.
I feel like many are missing a critical piece of information here- Morgan’s manner of death was declared a homicide. While her cause of death has not been made public, one has to make certain assumptions- like for instance, that her death was not caused by being run over something- or anything else that could not be proven to be at the hands of another or accidental.
If there was any question on behalf of the OCME office, Morgan’s MANNER of death would be classified as undetermined.
George, You said:
What in the world does anthropology have to do with anything?
Seriously?
I can assure you that in this case, an anthro study was ordered and concluded and is part of the autopsy finding resulting in the homicide determination.
A Forensic Anthropologist consult would be protocol in a death investigation of remains decomposed for over 3 months with an initial presentation upon recovery as merely “suspicious”, let alone any autopsy determination of homicide, or evidence contained therein that would dictate same. (intentionally vague so as not to be graphic). IN fact, I will go out on a limb here to say that such a study would absolutely have to rule out the possibility of any other scenario than homicide, in this case.
Suggested reading for anyone interested:
http://fac.utk.edu/forensic.html
B
I know that it’s not one of the popular opinions however until we hear more about those broken bones, I still feel that it’s possible that Morgan was run over by a vehicle. Lots of ways that could easily have happened, and it would also speak as to why the bones were broken before death. Just my two cents on that topic.
I don’t remember Morgan’s mother saying her ribs were broken. I thought she said her bones. ??
Alexandra it’s here in Gil’s Poem:
Gil Harrington’s Thought on this Grisley Anniversary
When they brought your body back to me
There were just bones to see.
Didn’t look like my baby – Morgan D.
No golden hair, no sparkly eyes
Broken ribs – ugly surprise.
Disposable girl they all said
Skirts too short
Lips’re too red
Askin for it they all said
But what you asked for, screamed for, was mercy and release
Know you got no mercy, pray you found some peace
It’s so hard to do
This life with no you
Saw your friend at a local place
Saw the message on her face
That she’s moved on and we should too
But baby I’m not over the death of you
Gotta shake it off, pity’s no use
We’ve a job to do, still a killer on the loose
It’s another anniversary – not the kind you celebrate
But the kind you sorta hate
Even Hallmark passes here, I’ve looked hard
There’s no “Happy we found your daughter’s body” card
Morgan, I recon a reconing is due
Morgan, he’ll pay for killing you
And have to atone
For every scream – every moan
For each and every fractured bone
241
Mom
1/26/2012
Alexandra, here you go:
Blink says:
January 26, 2012 at 9:46 am
Two years ago today Morgan’s body was found on Anchorage Farm after 101 days of being missing. Daily, I thank God that we were able to bring Morgan home.
Today many other families do not even have that closure and my heart and prayers go out to the many missing people and their families. Gil and I are held up daily by people who continue to help keep Morgan’s’ story alive, looking for justice in her killing with hopes that the murder is caught before he strikes again – Help Save the Next Girl. Below is the poem Gil wrote to remember the day and the events that changed so many lives. Our thanks to those who hold us up. Dan and Gil
Grisly Anniversary
When they brought your body back to me
There were just bones to see.
Didn’t look like my baby – Morgan D.
No golden hair, no sparkly eyes
Broken ribs – ugly surprise.
Disposable girl they all said
Skirts too short
Lips’re too red
Askin for it they all said
But what you asked for, screamed for, was mercy and release
Know you got no mercy, pray you found some peace
It’s so hard to do
This life with no you
Saw your friend at a local place
Saw the message on her face
That she’s moved on and we should too
But baby I’m not over the death of you
Gotta shake it off, pity’s no use
We’ve a job to do, still a killer on the loose
It’s another anniversary – not the kind you celebrate
But the kind you sorta hate
Even Hallmark passes here, I’ve looked hard
There’s no “Happy we found your daughter’s body” card
Morgan, I recon a reconing is due
Morgan, he’ll pay for killing you
And have to atone
For every scream – every moan
For each and every fractured bone
241
Mom
1/26/2012
Georgie, I too had a brief moment where I entertained the thought of Morgans broken rib bones coming from the act of CPR- but then I thought better of it-
Why because Gil and Dr. Harrington would not equate that kind of accidental break to an “ugly surprise”
Gil has numerous times described injuries to Morgans bones which are far more damaged then that of an accidental anything- IMO
“shattered”… “he will pay for every fractured bone”….
Forensic anthropologists can pinpoint whether a bone was broken prior to death or after death-
I think this would be a question Morgans Mom and Dad would have asked, if they themselves could not determine the matter.
AJMO
correction and apologies for misquoting Gils heartfelt words the quote should have read:
“For each and every fractured bone”
Questioner, Hi- youre right it is possible that Morgan may have been run over by a vehicle. But if so- why would anyone move her and risk being caught with a bleeding dying woman in their car? Why would morgans shirt be so prestine, no rips, no tire marks- nicely folded on a bush…?
Why move her to AF? Why take the chance of the owners seeing you or the neighbors? Location Location Location- everyone agrees that her placement on AF could only have been accomplished by someone who knew the land…why try to distance yourself from the body and the vehicular homicide- if you were only going to take the chance of driving in the damaged vehicle to an area that most certainly only connects you right back to the body and the crime?
Id like to hear your thoughts as these are some of the reasons I have ruled it out- but I could be missing the simple truth of it…
TIA
AJMO
I love my Q- she is a dedicated advocate, leaving no stones unturned for sure.
That said, I responded to Ode upthread a bit- so to add to your “spot on” answer to Q, I would simply refer to my answers to Q, George, Ode , and whomever else I missed, that there is no doubt in my mind that Morgan’s injuries were caused by a physical attack, not mechanical.
B
It has been brought up that perhaps there was another person involved in Morgan’s murder and that they could have been female. We are discussing now the possibility of Morgan having been run over yet as Blink says “Morgan’s manner of death was declared a homicide.” What if Morgan was hit by a car yet not killed. The driver “perhaps” a female calls another person a male to help? The bad guy walks in to offers help and so Morgan ends up murdered on AF. The original person would not talk because they hit poor Morgan. It is just an idea but if she was on the bridge in drizzle at night stumbling I could see the first part happening….the rest is just to horrible and I want peace so much for Morgan and her family.
Ode, Morgan was murdered. If she had been hit by a vehicle, there would be no way to determine if that was accidental or homicide. How would her boots have been removed and discarded- as well as whatever other clothing items may or may not be missing from the remains?
I realize I am asking for a leap of faith on everyone’s part, because I cannot and will not release case sensitive details, but Morgan was brutally attacked, resulting in the multiple fractures her mother references in her writings.
I cannot underscore enough her case is linked forensically to a suspect in a brutal, violent sexual assault- not a hit and run.
B
Addition to my above post. The bad guy may have attempted to give medical aid to Morgan and as a result the shirt and necklace were removed. The driver of the car may have still had her shirt and necklace with them and may have early on hoped that the bad guy would get caught when the shirt was found but as we know he was not. As time went on the first person may find it harder and harder to admit their complicity in what was the murder of Morgan Harrington. Just a thought.
Thank you for reminding me of Gil’s poem.
Broken bones and broken ribs. No accident, for sure. The act of sadistic evil one(s). They need to be caught.